Mar 14: 106 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 14: Karnataka on Monday registered 106 fresh coronavirus cases and four fatalities thereby taking the total till date to 39,43,912 and 40,022 respectively.
There were 337 patients who got discharged and the number of recoveries were 39,01,430 so far, said a bulletin.
Of the new cases, 61 were from Bengaluru Urban while there were 229 who got discharged from the city, the bulletin said.
The number of active cases across the State was 2,420.
While the positivity rate for the day was 0.45 per cent, the case fatality rate was 3.77 per cent.
The four deaths reported today were from Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Mandya and Vijayapura.
After Bengaluru urban, Mysuru recorded the highest number of cases with 11 followed by Shivamogga eight, Chitradurga six and the others.
Bengaluru Urban district now has 17,80,397 cases, Mysuru 2,29,416 and Tumakuru 1,59,815.
Cumulatively, 6,50,95,838 samples were tested of which 23,050 were examined today.
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Assam: 23,000 people affected by urban floods as IMD forecasts more rain
Guwahati (PTI): More than 23,000 people have been affected by urban floods in Assam as rains lashed several parts of the state, while the IMD warned of more showers, official sources said on Friday.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), in its bulletin, said urban floods have been reported from the three districts of Kamrup (Metropolitan), Sribhumi and Cachar.
Four revenue circles and 12 villages have been inundated in these districts, affecting 23,619 people.
The worst-hit has been Cachar district, where 15,617 people have been affected, followed by Sribhumi with 8,002 flood-hit people, according to the bulletin.
There were no reports of deaths or people missing in the urban floods in the last 24 hours, the ASDMA said.
Fifty-three marooned people and three animals were rescued by a State Disaster Relief Force boat in Sribhumi district.
Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati, has issued an 'orange alert' for the four districts of Sribhumi, Hailakandi, Cachar and Dima Hasao for the next 24 hours.
An 'orange alert' implies 'be prepared to take action' and is sounded when thunderstorm and lightning accompanied with gusty wind reaching wind speed 30 to 40 kmph, with heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places.
'Yellow alert' to be on 'watch/be updated' has been issued for 20 districts -- Dhubri, South Salmara-Mankachar, Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Bajali, Tamulpur, Nalbari, both Kamrup districts, Udalguri, West Karbi Anglong, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Charaideo, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia.
Some of the districts on 'yellow alert' are likely to continue receiving heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms for the next couple of days, as per the RMC forecast.
